Requirements Toolbox

As an analysis step, often it is desirable to capture simple system requirements. These are eventually realized by Use Cases.

Requirements Toolbox pages

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	Except where discussed here, each element and relationship that you can create using these Toolbox pages is described in the UML Elements and UML Connectors sections of the Help. A Requirement is a custom element used to capture system requirements external to individual UML elements; a Requirement expresses required system behavior that can cross several Use Cases. You can create a number of specific types of stereotyped Requirement from their own element icons. Requirements Checklist is a stereotyped Checklist, and is rendered as this element: A Feature is a small client-valued function expressed as a requirement. Features are the primary requirements-gathering artifact of the Feature-Driven Design (FDD) methodology. A Risk element represents an identified risk to the project. You can also add structures of Functional and Non-Functional Requirements to your diagram, each with a Checklist, using the two Requirements Patterns.	Requirement Behavioral Diagram Elements Structural Diagram Elements Feature Risk UML Connectors

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Except where discussed here, each element and relationship that you can create using these Toolbox pages is described in the UML Elements and UML Connectors sections of the Help.

A Requirement is a custom element used to capture system requirements external to individual UML elements; a Requirement expresses required system behavior that can cross several Use Cases. You can create a number of specific types of stereotyped Requirement from their own element icons.

Requirements Checklist is a stereotyped Checklist, and is rendered as this element:

A Feature is a small client-valued function expressed as a requirement. Features are the primary requirements-gathering artifact of the Feature-Driven Design (FDD) methodology.

A Risk element represents an identified risk to the project.

You can also add structures of Functional and Non-Functional Requirements to your diagram, each with a Checklist, using the two Requirements Patterns.

Requirement Behavioral Diagram Elements Structural Diagram Elements Feature Risk UML Connectors

Notes

To add an element to the currently-open diagram, click on the appropriate icon and drag it into position on the diagram; set an element name and other properties as prompted
To add a relationship, click on the appropriate icon, then click on the start element in the diagram and drag to the end element